Shayan articles - 59 total
ORMs Are Good, Actually.
When I started building UserJot, I decided to go all-in on Postgres: full-text search, pgvector,...
Everyone Is Wrong About SQLite
Here's a spicy take: SQLite might be the best database choice for your next SaaS project. Yes,...
Google's Gemini CLI Just Killed Claude's $200/mo Pricing Model
I've been a die-hard Cursor fan for months now. I use it daily for building UserJot with Claude...
The 7 Tools I Use Every Day to Build My 5,000-User SaaS
UserJot just hit 5,000 users, and I've been thinking about the tools that got me here. Not because...
I Switched from Nginx to Caddy and I'll Never Go Back
I used to be an Nginx fan. Had it running everywhere - personal projects, client sites, production...
I Stopped Using Try-Catch in TypeScript and You Should Too
I'm about to share something that might get me canceled by the JavaScript community: I've stopped...
How Do You Know If You Have Product-Market Fit?
Spoiler: If You're Asking, You Don't. I see this question everywhere. Twitter, Reddit, founder...
I Replaced MongoDB with a Single Postgres Table
Look, I need to show you something that might hurt your feelings: CREATE TABLE MongoDB ( _id ...
You're Reading Startup Books Wrong (And It's Killing Your Progress)
You've got "The Mom Test" on your nightstand, "Zero to One" bookmarked on every device, and you're...
Postgres is Too Good (And Why That's Actually a Problem)
We need to talk about something that's been bothering me for months. I've been watching indie hackers...
Why Most Startup Founders Fail
Most startup founders fail because they waste time building things nobody wants, don't know how to...
Merchant of Record: The Complete Guide for SaaS Founders
If you're building a SaaS product, chances are you've signed up for Stripe, added a checkout form,...
What Is Net Profit and How Do You Calculate It?
Net profit is one of the most important numbers in your business, yet many founders overlook it in...
Are You Actually Making Money From Each Customer?
Most SaaS founders obsess over growth: signups, MRR, activation rates. But growth alone doesn't mean...
Canny Changed Their Pricing Again, and It Got Even More Expensive
Canny just changed their pricing, again. At first glance, it looks like a price drop. Their old...
Swift Could've Been a Great Server-Side Language
There was a moment when Swift on the server didn't seem like a crazy idea. Apple had just...
The Serverless Dream Is Dead
For years, serverless was sold as the future. No servers to manage. Just write a function, deploy...
Zod Just Got a Major Upgrade: Here's Everything You're Missing
Zod is a TypeScript-first schema validation library. You use it to validate and transform data, but...
Serverless Is a Lie (Unless You’re Using SQLite)
We've twisted the word serverless into something vague. These days, serverless usually just means "I...
This One Stripe Field Could Save You from Fraud (And No One Talks About It)
You're getting new signups. Growth looks good. Everything seems fine… until it isn't. A few weeks...
Your Engineering Velocity Is the Only Metric That Matters
Most teams think they're being careful when they move slow. In reality, they're just...
A Simple Framework for Designing User Interfaces (for Solo Devs & Small Teams)
If you're building a product as a solo dev or part of a small team, you've probably struggled with...
Stripe Just Became a Merchant of Record
Stripe just rolled out something new: Managed Payments, now in private preview. This isn't just a...
MVP Means Viable, Not Shitty
You've probably heard it a thousand times: "Just ship a crappy MVP and see what happens." It's a...
AI Isn’t My Pair Programmer. It’s My Intern. And It Has to Pass My Tests.
"Vibe coding" is fun until you have to maintain the code. Tools like Cursor, Windsurf, and Copilot...
How to Calculate and Actually Reduce Your Churn Rate
Most founders don't realize they have a churn problem until it's already slowing them down. You're...
AI Killed Your Competitive Edge. Here's What Will Save It.
In 2015, launching a SaaS product that actually worked was impressive. If it had clean UX, didn't...
You've Built Your First SaaS… Now What?
You spent weeks, maybe months, grinding away at your side project. You built the landing page. You...
You Don't Need Permission to Ship
You're probably waiting for something. Maybe you're not even sure what. Just… something. A sign. A...
Your Entire Tech Stack Could Be Postgres and a Docker Container
Most apps don't fail because the stack couldn't scale. They fail because the team burned out before...